sexual and moral retrenchment

English translation: a return to more conservative values

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03:11 Jun 23, 2004

English to English translations [PRO]Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase:sexual and moral retrenchment

A period of sexual and moral retrenchment after the briefly glimpsed feminism of World War Two

Explanation:Essentially, "sexual and moral retrenchment" refers to a return to more conservative, traditional values where women, love, marriage and so forth were concerned. The period immediately following World War II was quite a conservative one, I think, and it wasn't until the 1960s when feminism, the sexual revolution and all that got going in earnest.

The use of the word \"retrenchment\" suggests to me that the author did not think the return to conservative and traditional values was a good thing. He or she is implying that this was a step backwards, perhaps in the liberation of women or looser sexual mores generally.

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a return to more conservative values

Explanation:Essentially, "sexual and moral retrenchment" refers to a return to more conservative, traditional values where women, love, marriage and so forth were concerned. The period immediately following World War II was quite a conservative one, I think, and it wasn't until the 1960s when feminism, the sexual revolution and all that got going in earnest.

The use of the word \"retrenchment\" suggests to me that the author did not think the return to conservative and traditional values was a good thing. He or she is implying that this was a step backwards, perhaps in the liberation of women or looser sexual mores generally.

Explanation:There was a brief rise of feminism during WWII that permitted sexual and moral freedom to certain degree, but that particular period of post war time experienced conservatism toward sexual and moral freedom. Retrenchment is a military word which is in reference to the World War.